Jemal Tabidze

Jemal "Jimmy" Tabidze (Order of Honor) (Georgian: ჯემალ "ჯიმი" ტაბიძე, romanized: jemal "jimi" t'abidze, pronounced [dʒemal dʒimi tʼabidze]; born 18 March 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Makhachkala and the Georgia national team.

Jemal Tabidze

Tabidze with FC Ufa in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Samtredia, Georgia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Makhachkala
Number	5
Youth career
2011–2013	Saburtalo Tbilisi
2015–2017	Gent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Saburtalo Tbilisi	37	(2)
2015–2017	Gent	0	(0)
2017	→ Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)	3	(0)
2017–2022	Ufa	79	(1)
2022	Kortrijk	0	(0)
2022–2023	Dinamo Tbilisi	28	(0)
2024	Panetolikos	6	(1)
2024–	Dynamo Makhachkala	21	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Georgia U17	6	(0)
2015	Georgia U19	3	(0)
2016–2017	Georgia U21	8	(0)
2017–	Georgia	15	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 May 2023

Club career

After beginning his career in Pirveli Liga with FC Saburtalo Tbilisi, Tabidze joined the Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in July 2015. He played for the reserves team, not making any first-team appearances.

On 14 February 2017, Tabidze joined the Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.^[1]

On 1 July 2017, Tabidze signed a long-term contract with FC Ufa.^[2] On 30 March 2022, Tabidze terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent.^[3]

On 11 June 2022, Tabidze returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk.^[4] On 15 July 2022, his contract with Kortrijk was terminated by mutual consent before the season started, with the club explaining it by lack of match fitness, allowing Tabidze to join FC Dinamo Tbilisi.^[5] On 12 September 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Tabidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.^[6]

In January 2024, Tabidze joined Super League Greece club Panetolikos on an eighteen-month contract with the option for a further year.^[7]

On 30 July 2024, Tabidze returned to the Russian Premier League and signed with FC Dynamo Makhachkala.^[8]

International career

Tabidze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 July 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saburtalo Tbilisi	2013–14	Erovnuli Liga 2	18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2014–15		19	2	1	0	—		—		20	2
	Total		37	2	1	0	0	0	—		38	2
Ural Yekaterinburg	2016–17	Russian Premier League	3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
Ufa	2017–18	Russian Premier League	20	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	12	0	1	0	6[a]	0	0	0	19	0
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	25	1	1	0	—		—		26	1
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		79	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	90	1
Dinamo Tbilisi	2022	Erovnuli Liga	12	0	3	0	—		—		15	0
	2023	Erovnuli Liga	16	0	0	0	3[b]	0	2[c]	0	21	0
	Total		28	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	36	0
Kortrijk (loan)	2022–23	Belgian Pro League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Panetolikos	2023–24	Super League Greece	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Dynamo Makhachkala	2024–25	Russian Premier League	19	0	1	0	—		—		20	0
	2025–26	Russian Premier League	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
Career total			174	3	12	0	9	0	2	0	197	3

1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League
3. Appearance(s) in the Georgian Super Cup

International

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tabidze goal.

List of international goals scored by Jemal Tabidze^[10]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 March 2018	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Estonia	1–0	2–0	Friendly